** Shares of marine exploration technology provider Mind
Technology Inc MIND.O up ~18% at 98 cents after the bell
** Company says it has received orders for sonar and source
controller systems totaling about $7.7 mln urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn8xCKcxa
** CEO Rob Capps says all the orders are expected to be
completed and delivered in current fiscal year
** "Due to liquidity demands to complete these, and other,
orders.. we feel it prudent to defer the payment of the
second-quarter dividend on our Series A Preferred Stock," Capps
** Up to Wednesday's close, stock had fallen ~51% this year
(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru)
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